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NICE!

“A lot of people feel that saying Black lives matter is an ethical statement. They feel it should be an easy thing to say,”

A lot of people feel that saying All lives matter is an ethical statement. They feel it should be an easy thing to say

The deadline is tomorrow, btw.

I begin to think that nobody and I mean NOBODY cares if the sparkling wiggles kill each other in Chicago or in what numbers. The city has given up on them.

More CEOs need to say this to their staff, and IDK maybe even tweet it to the public?

The people act out because they KNOW they'll be treated with kid gloves. From the 80s when I entered the workforce, long before the term "Karen" was coined, it was not uncommon for someone to "pull the race card" over some bullshit interpretation of policy or coupon expiration. Clerks and managers alike lived in fear of someone digging in and raising a loud yelling fuss, "It's because I'm BLACK, ISN'T IT?!?" This seemed to actually become less fashionable and common since the early 2000s.

NOT rewarding shit behavior with attention, esteem, cash, and prizes will go a long way to reducing, even extinguishing bad behavior. I say even re-stigmatize it and make it socially OK for business owners to clap back at bullshit.

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Kinda long tangent to the thread, but here is a case I have to deal with, of woke people kissing ass indiscriminately, and laying out a welcome mat for abuse of this extremely one-sided-toward-the-camper-not-the-host "inclusion policy." Note how their first bullet point is to 100% take the complaintant at their word and immediately give them elevated status and attention. The host in question has contractually agreed to be considered guilty of whatever the claimant said, even if they were unaware of it (not joking), and must perform with adequate contrition in the judgement of a Hipcamp employee to be considered for continuation as a host. They point out that they're concerned they will get this wrong, then proceed to only consider the direction of not woke ENOUGH a state of "getting it wrong." Finally, they cite their intersectional feminist and critical race theory sources. Below is pasted verbatim from the Hipcamp site.
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What happens when a Host or Hipcamper does not uphold our agreement to building resilient communities?

Our commitment to building resilient communities is extremely important to us, and we pledge to act with purposeful urgency in all instances related to discrimination. The policies above were established to create an environment of trust, respect, safety, and inclusivity on Hipcamp.

We leverage a combination of technology, the judgment of our Hosts and Hipcampers, and our operations teams to report and remove content, address hateful behavior, and discipline Hosts or Hipcampers who discriminate or generally make others feel unsafe or disrespected. We follow the following process when instances of potential discrimination are discovered:

First, we debrief with the reporting person to fully understand the situation and assign a point of contact to manage the investigation. This point of contact will be available throughout this process.
We then investigate the reported person in line with our internal processes. A call with them is scheduled so we can ask follow-up questions to ensure we fully understand their perspective. We then share the impact that their behavior or words had on the person who raised this concern, regardless of what the intent may have been. We listen and discern whether the reported party understands and reflects on their impact and whether they are committed to doing better in the future. We direct them to additional resources so they can learn from this experience as needed (see below).
Measuring against Hipcamp’s core values, our inclusion policy, and Hipcampers’ review of the Host’s inclusivity (when applicable), we determine if the Host or Hipcamper’s behavior, language, or actions violate our agreement to foster a hate-free environment. Alongside the severity of the situation, we consider the reported person’s understanding of the impact of their actions and their commitment to doing better in the future. We then provide clear, actionable feedback about how to meet our expectations for a hate-free environment; temporarily suspend them from participating on Hipcamp; or permanently remove them from Hipcamp.

What if we don’t get this right?

We’re continuously striving to create a safer and more inclusive Hipcamp community, and we're eagerly adapting to ever-changing norms. But we may not always get it right — we’re continuously learning too. Sometimes, our processes may fail to fully remove language and symbolism or address hateful behavior that violates our commitment to building resilient communities. If you discover discriminatory language, symbolism, or behavior on Hipcamp, please report it to us. This will help us refine and grow the language, symbolism, and behavior we understand as discriminatory, as well as strengthen the process we undertake to address discrimination.

We are committed to doing what is right and continuously learning, iterating, and improving along the way. We know feedback drives growth and we constantly seek it — please feel free to share your thoughts on how we can improve.
Where can you learn more?

If you’re interested in learning more about why this is important to us, please take advantage of the resources below:

Everyday Feminism, “Intent vs. Impact: Why Your Intentions Don’t Really Matter” by Jamie Utt. July 30, 2013.
Race Forward, The Center for Racial Justice Innovation, Race Reporting Guide
Harvard Business Review, “When and How to Respond to Microaggressions” by Ella F. Washington, Alison Hall Birch and Laura Morgan Roberts. July 3, 2020.
TED, “How to Overcome our Biases: Walk Boldly Toward Them” by Vernā Myers.

Automan Empire says

"pull the race card"

That's what happened to Denny's Restaurant free meal on your birthday program. It was an honor bound deal in that you weren't supposed to gallivant around to every Denny's getting every meal free for a day--you were supposed to just get one meal free. Then they made a special birthday menu that was still no slouch because some people just couldn't contain themselves. In '92, on the way to Big Spring, TX where my mother grew up, we stopped at the Denny's in Abilene, TX and got her a free meal for her 90th birthday. In March '93 I was looking forward to a free meal on my birthday. When we called we were told the program had been dropped because of charges of racism when several blacks were denied service when it was found out they were restaurant hopping on their special day. No good deed goes unpunished.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10908161/Judge-backs-Home-Depot-staff-raged-firm-banning-wearing-Black-Lives-Matter-imagery.html

Judge backs Home Depot's ban on staff wearing Black Lives Matter slogan because it unnecessarily politicizes the workplace
The legal complaint alleging that Home Depot violated federal law by banning staff from wearing BLM was dismissed by Administrative law judge Paul Bogas
According to Bogas, aprons with BLM imaginary don't have 'an objective, and sufficiently direct, relationship to terms and conditions of employment'